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Deck painting commences....
… day has seen the start of preparing the deck for primer and paint........ First thing was to ensure a good fit on the hull, followed by a gentle sanding with 600 grit to act as a key for the paint then the whole thing was washed in warm soa …
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Hull jet drive components fitted...
… games as I’m sure I’d end up breAking something if I build, paint and fit them now! Next job was to fit the white waterline, something I’d been putting off for weeks! Someone on a Facebook forum suggested I tried the BECC trimline, which I …
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Hull is painted and sealed
Adding ballast next week.
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Painting the wheelhouse continues...
… of the last 30-40 hours of work has been mostly the detail painting and making of small parts for the wheelhouse. Suffice to say, I reckon I’m at about 80% done on the wheelhouse which does not include the rooftop antenna array which is a …
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Getting some paint on ....
… ’re required and generally getting the large pieces I.e the hull and wheelhouse ready to prime and start painting. Firstly, the hull was primed grey with 2 coats, followed by 3 light build coats of Ford Galaxy Blue for the upper sides of th …
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Paint paint paint
After completion of the hull and fitting the running gear I painted the underside so that the model could have the running gear fitted, the upper part was given a grey primer coating to be able to fix any imperfections. Now its the big one …
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Hull internals about done, deck and cabin next...
… ll the control surfaces. The radio tray was bonded into the hull with epoxy to start with and then strengthened with “liquid metal” which is similar to P38 filler but when set is like solid rock, bonding really well to GF. The battery tray …
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Paint colours
… g a Fast Patrol Launch by Les Rowell and would like to know paint colours. I always use Halfords rattle cans,does anyone know what car colours to use to match the grey for superstructure and the red for the bottom of the hull.Thanks in anti …
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RNLI Tyne Class Lifeboat scratch building (Sarik Hobbies hull)
… ill start early November, I have selected the Sarik Hobbies hull and plan set for the RNLI Tyne Class Slipway Launch-able Lifeboat. At 31 inch length this model will work out at approx 1:18 scale and a nice size to detail and be easy to tra …
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Primer and starting paint.
… s a rescue launch until the actual boats arrive. Hence, I’m painting her up with a black hull, red waterline, gray deck and white superstructure. Might have towing gear installed if she needs to tow a small seaplane back to port. I’ve got t …
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I'm getting ready to build my Trent class Lifeboat and Humbrol paint
… ully cured they are totally waterproof. Quite true Doug, we paint our houses, / roofs etc with acrylics and nothing will touch it. Just painted my roof with acrylic. I use Reeves artists acrylic for lots of model bits, including the insides …
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I'm getting ready to build my Trent class Lifeboat and Humbrol paint
… pray all my model boats big or small. When working on a big Hull's i mix up plenty of paint and just keep topping up the Airbrush. For the large areas i use the Airbrush with the glass jar attached. I use the the small tins of Humbrol paint …
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Re: Fibre glass the hull
… roughly agree with you overthesea! I've used Ezekote on two hull restorations, and tough ups on a third, as well as preserving bamboo terrace furniture, and it always comes up super smooth (self levelling) with a fine bristled brush and no …
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Cabin and repaint
… tubes. I thought this would be difficult, as I had already painted the deck, and it was. I now know why the painting is done after assembly. I have always feared the masking. Well I did damage the paint during the filing of the ends of the …
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Fibre glass the hull
… ibre glass, the strengthening material that makes the whole hull feel solid and resistant to the ingress of water. Starting with the bottom skins I intend to do this in four operations. I first lightly attach the cloth to the keel with some …
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Naxos - Paint Shop
Took the old girl into the paint shop today. Hull is a tan colour with teal roof and white superstructure Now waiting for the portholes to come in then Will do the window glazing (plastic, of course) And paint the interior. So far, so good, …
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Painting the deck ...twice!
… k area has already had two coats of Halfords textured green paint and the colour is very nearly the shade I was looking to reproduce. After a lot of fruitless research on the actual colour used on the real boat decks and some useful suggest …
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The hull graphics, and tackling the dreaded waterline!
Firstly on with a bit more painting with the deck finish. The textured paint is a Halfords product and conveniently is quite a close match to the colour that I think it should be RAL6001 Emerald Green in a satin finish. I’ve looked into get …
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Cigarette Hull
Hi All, I have just won this hull on Ebay, a Kingston mouldings Cigarette hull, I have not collected it yet. Has anyone, any information on the hull, which is 39.5" x 12.5", so quite big for a speed boat. Any ideas on the original boats pai …
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Re: Hull and sponson progress...!
… being a pig to apply well and the issues it will cause with paint, I shall NOT use it and go with ensuring my joint between hull and lower sponson is sound with an extra fillet of plastic cement. Looking at it this morning, I’ve managed to …
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More Paint
Hi all. Painted the hull this week, I used Tamiya’s Racing White for the hull, and a mix of Tamiya Royal Blue and Testors “Aztec” brand blue for airbrushing. The white is a lacquer rattle can, the blue was airbrushed. I also tested a differ …
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Painting
The outside of the hull was painted with a white gloss rattle can over the previously applied grey primer. The name, ordered on-line as a self adhesive vinyl decal, was applied to the transom and then several spray coats of silk lacquer wer …
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Bulkheads installed, a slight issue and a bit of paint.
… In retrospect, I’m thinking it could have been glued to the hull proper, but the manual says glued to the floor plate, sooo...what I did to get it spot on is tacked it to the bottom of the hull with small drops of UHU, then laid medium ca o …
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Priming the Hull and assembling the battery tray & servo mount.
The hull is now ready for its primer coats so I masked off the deck opening, plugged the prop tube and water connections and then gave the whole thing a last rub down with some very fine abrasive paper and then really good clean with some p …
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More painting and detailing
Good amount of progress over the weekend which has seen the hulls paintwork just about completed. This included primer coats, textured paint for the deck and then the black finish followed by airbrushing the yellow panels. I’ve put on the w …
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Re-thinking the cabin and fibre-glassing the hull.
… ild by applying the glassfibre cloth and epoxy resin to the hull. On all the boats I have built before I have done this to reinforce the hull and to provide a good surface for the paint finishes. The first stage is to give the entire hull a …
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Cabin paint
… well white their gonna be! If someone cry’s silver before I paint, let me know! I’m trying to remind myself this model is stand-off scale and not 100% accurate! I wish I’d canted the cabin sides in further and the bollard cut outs on the si …
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Hull (Continued)
Continuing with the hull. This thing seems to of taken over and is preventing me from working on U552. I have to try and get everything to fit inside before i glue the deck on, as it will be very difficult with the deck on. Glued the two sp …